Friday, March 22, 2013

Easter is coming!

And this is one of the first years I'm done getting baskets together with plenty of time to spare.  We decided to walk around today...for HOURS.  {I can't tell if we're convincing Corbin to come out or if we're just wearing mama out}  One of our stops was Target.  Now, I know I'm not the only one that LOVES the Dollar Isle when putting together baskets and stockings and such.  I tried to explain to Dan that for years, I didn't get a "basket", I got either a purse or a suitcase with 'stuff' in it for Easter.  I loved it!!  I tried to follow that same tradition with the girls and get them each a cute bag and just fill it to the brim with cute stationary and bubbles and such.  He wasn't having it.  "They NEED baskets and they NEED candy!  It's un-American!  If we're going to fall into this money holiday, we're doing it right!"  He isn't usually so passionate about something as simple as an Easter Basket, so I said, "Well, fine!  Lets go to the seasonal isle!"

After some compromise on the style of baskets and the 'filler' items...and $55 later, these are the girls Easter Baskets!  Early!!  I decided to go ahead and put them together and hide them in my closet until the 31st just in case Corbin decides to come this month.  I can imagine I won't have the time or energy to do much of anything creative in the first week of his life.

I'd like to state for the record that if I had been able to get them a cute bag and fill it with Dollar Isle items, we would have spent maaaaybe $20.  But, I'm happy with the final product.  A colorful tin they can use all year long, things to keep them busy, and only just a couple sugar highs.  :)  And yes...Mama got a Reeses Pieces Carrot too.  It's only fair, right?




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